Lamp-wick.



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H. SABAFIAN.

LAMP WICK.

lApplicaf-inn led Oct. 16, 1899.) (No Model.)

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HENTIR SARAFIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-WICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters .Patent No. 681,401, dated August 27, 1901.

Application iiled October 16, 1899. Serial No. 733,784. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENTIR SARAFIAN, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,

- in the county and State of New York, have the Wick proper by a comparatively stiff cap embracing the tip and the top of the wick proper.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved connection of the cap with the Wick proper in an article of the above-indicated class without the use of any additional parts by a particular novel engagement of the lower end of the cap with the wick proper. l

The invention Will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved wick. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. ais a vertical section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a View corresponding to Fig. 2 of another forlnof my invention.

The wick illustrated by the drawings consists of three pa'rtsor elementsv-viz. the Wick proper, A, the incombustible tip B, and the cap C. Of these the wick proper may be an ordinary cotton wick of any suitable kind, and therefore needs no further description.

The tip B in the construction shown consists of a lling of loose asbestos fiber. The cap C is made of a strip of wire-gauze having longitudinal wires C and transverse wires C2. The latter terminate at the edges of the wick, so that the narrow vertical end surfaces of the wick proper, A, and of the filling or tip B are exposed, thus enabling the wick to be readily lighted. The longitudinal wires C are bent over the top of the tip B, forming a sheath therefor, and in some cases I cut sundry of these wires at the top to form al1 opening, as D, to enable the wick to be readily lighted from the top also. The ends of the longitudinal wires at the bottom of the cap are linserted into the body of thewick proper, A, and first extend upward and inwardly thereinthat is, toward each otheras shown at C3, and then again outwardly, as at C4. The outward bend of the longitudinal Wires at the extreme ends thereof materially strengthens the connection of the cap C with the Wick proper,- A, and makes it impossible for the wires of the cap to become separated from the wick proper.

As illustrated by Fig. 5, the incombustible tip B may have downward extensions B to engage both sides of the Wick proper, A, (or such extension may be provided on one side only,) thereby increasing the contact-surface of the tip with the wick proper and insuring an ampler supply of fuel to the tip. In other respects the construction shown in Fig. 5 is identical with that represented` in the other figures.

It will be understood that while I have shown my invention as applied to flat wicks it is just as readily applicable to circular or half-circular Wicks or to wicks of any other shape.

Having thus described my invention,'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of the wick proper, the incombustible tip therefor, and the wiregauze cap provided with longitudinal Wires sundry of which extend along the sides and top of the tip and along the upper end of the Wick proper, while the other longitudinal wires extend only along the sides of the wick proper and of the tip, leaving the upper edge of the tip partially uncovered, the lower ends of the longitudinal wires being fastened to the wick proper.

2. The combination of the wick proper, the incombustible tip therefor, and the wire` gauze cap provided with longitudinal Wires sundry of which extend along the sides and top of the tip and along the upper end of the Wick proper, While the other longitudinal wires extend only along the sides of the Wick proper and of the tip, leaving the upper edge of the tip partially uncovered, the lower ends IOO of the longitudinal Wires extending r'st in- Ward toward. each other; and into the body of the wick proper, and then outward in opposite directions Within said Wick, the terminals or points of the wires lying between the Ven tical side members of the U-shaped Wires.

3. The combination of the wick proper, the ineombustible tip in Contact at its central portion with the entire top surface of the Wick 1o and having downward extensions on opposite sides in engagement with the side surfaces of the Wick, and the Wire-gauze cap secured to the Wick and engaging the side surfaces of the tip, including the extensions thereof, and

the upper end of the Wick, While leaving the I5 end surfaces oi' Ithe tip and Wick exposed.

HENTIR SARAFIAN.

Witnesses: Y

JOHN LOTKA, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

